(Hello from Detroit! It's way too late to be up doing this since I have a 6 am pickup in the morning, but I am officially behind now, so quickly!)
Here's "toy Clementine" on the airplane.
Oh, this is so hurried. I sleeeepy. Plus I'm using this little tiny notebook computer I just got for traveling (on account of my Macbook is too big for tray tables!! And also heavy. And I don't *really* know how to use this little toy, it's cute but I'm so slooow.)
Anyway, in a nutshell: first days have been WONDERFUL! I feel so incredibly spoiled by my publisher, and so so lucky. And thank you Chicago-area-ans (and folks who drove for as much as three hours from neighboring states!!!) for a wonderful kick-off! I was in the Chicago area for two days and evenings, which encompassed four school visits and two bookstore events, and I met blog friends I hadn't ever met in person, and met new wonderful readers, and got to talk to real-live teenagers, which is always exciting and a little terrifying. But not so terrifying after all. The school visits were fun!
Thank you especially to West Chicago High School for the awesome. I was greeted upon arrival by a bulletin board depicting the teachers with pink hair!
Anyway, in a nutshell: first days have been WONDERFUL! I feel so incredibly spoiled by my publisher, and so so lucky. And thank you Chicago-area-ans (and folks who drove for as much as three hours from neighboring states!!!) for a wonderful kick-off! I was in the Chicago area for two days and evenings, which encompassed four school visits and two bookstore events, and I met blog friends I hadn't ever met in person, and met new wonderful readers, and got to talk to real-live teenagers, which is always exciting and a little terrifying. But not so terrifying after all. The school visits were fun!
Thank you especially to West Chicago High School for the awesome. I was greeted upon arrival by a bulletin board depicting the teachers with pink hair!
This was not an homage to ME, but to the breast cancer cure. But I still felt right at home :-)
I don't have a ton of pictures, though Lisa, my wonderful publicist, took some.
I just don't have most of them yet!
Next up: bookstores!
At Barnes & Noble, this lovely bookseller donned a Karou wig for the occasion:
Clementine was in attendance:
(I need a toy Jim! Action figure maybe?)
Look! My first ever stand-alone book display. I love seeing these so much!
I haven't managed to upload photos from Anderson's Books yet,
where I was the next night, but that was a wonderful group!
Oh man, bed time. This is so slapdash and random, and missing so much, but here is a room service picture. The life :-) (There is a hamburger in there, no fries; fruit instead. And a lovely vampire book on the side:-)
Snack:
Have been very spoiled with excellent meals, salmon like butter, an amazing portobello mushroom at a restaurant in Naperville called the Sugar Toad (YUM).
This evening, I bought apples at Whole Foods; have been craving them!
Oatmeal is the official breakfast of this tour,
on days when there's time for breakfast at the hotel.
And Lisa: such good company.
Sadly, tomorrow we part ways and she gets to go home to New York.
Thank you, Lisa!
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... (just fell asleep on the keyboard ...)
Next time! Maybe a better post!
:-)